ED evaluation and management of implantable cardiac defibrillator electrical shocks

Saher Iftikhar; Amal Mattu; William Brady

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.060

ED evaluation and management of implantable cardiac defibrillator electrical shocks

Am J Emerg Med. 2016 Jun;34(6):1140-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.060. Epub 2016 Mar 3.

Authors

Saher Iftikhar¹, Amal Mattu², William Brady³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908. Electronic address: wb4z@virginia.edu.

PMID: 26993075
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2016.02.060

Abstract

Patients with implantable cardiac defibrillators not infrequently present to the emergency department after experiencing an implantable cardiac defibrillator shock. This review considers the management of such patients in the emergency department, including appropriate, inappropriate, and phantom shocks as well as electrical storm.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy*
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Electric Countershock*
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Equipment Failure*
Humans